Tag: countryside

I was out clearing scrub in the woods the other day, when I stumbled upon skull! It was found amongst the decaying leaf litter, along with some other bones too. This tells us it must have died there or at least very nearby - so we're dealing with a woodland creature... Could you guess what animal it's from?

Aptly named the Great Green Bush Cricket - who else was it going to be? I spent all summer searching in their rough grassland habitat, only to spot this one crossing the road in front of me! Mind you with those legs, it can't be hard to stay one 'step' ahead...

To start my walk this morning I decided to check upon the Ant hills behind the warden’s cottage, where the day before I saw a young Adder basking in the warm sunshine. I spotted a Garden Tiger moth on my way, however the only thing amongst dew-covered grass ended up being my already soaked through boots...

It was a gloriously sunny start to the day today, as I set out for the morning ranger patrol. At first, our resident Honeybee colony appeared to still be asleep in their hive’s beeswax cells, until five slowly clambered out of the bollard at once and set out their day collecting pollen and nectar...

I've always liked to think that I get on well with the cows at the park. I mean, inevitably the grass is always greener, and we don't always share the same view of what field should be grazed. But today's event took things to a whole new level...